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Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2020-07-10 14:12:18 Ian Johnson bug added bug
2020-07-10 14:18:38 Olivier Tilloy summary vaapi snap does not work with nvidia proprietary drivers [snap] VA-API does not work with nvidia proprietary drivers
2020-07-10 14:18:42 Olivier Tilloy tags snap
2020-07-10 14:19:18 Olivier Tilloy chromium-browser (Ubuntu): assignee Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
2020-07-10 14:19:21 Olivier Tilloy chromium-browser (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2020-07-10 14:19:24 Olivier Tilloy chromium-browser (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2020-07-10 14:20:36 Ian Johnson description After installing the candidate/vaapi channel, I still do not get hardware acceleration for video decoding from my NVIDIA gpu, see: ``` $ LIBVA_MESSAGING_LEVEL=2 snap run chromium Gtk-Message: 09:07:37.215: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 09:07:37.216: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0 libva info: Trying to open /snap/chromium/1191/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 [141337:141337:0710/090737.297551:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(480)] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error ``` For me, I am on Focal, so I had to manually install the vdpau-va-driver from cosmic from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vdpau-video/0.7.4-7, (presumably on i.e. 18.04 I could just have installed it with apt install), which provides the various files in /var/lib/snapd/gl/vdpau, and then I also had to add that package along with libvdpau1 into the chromium snap, at which point it loads the libraries but I then run into very relevant errors: ``` libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0 libva info: Trying to open /snap/chromium/x3/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_1 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674481:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674608:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileMPEG2Simple and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674647:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674680:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileMPEG2Main and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674709:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674739:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileMPEG4Simple and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674791:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674817:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileMPEG4AdvancedSimple and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674844:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674870:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileH264Baseline and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674896:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674920:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileH264Main and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674946:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674971:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileH264High and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674996:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.675020:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileVC1Simple and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.675046:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.675073:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileVC1Main and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.675097:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.675122:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileVC1Advanced and entrypoint 1 ``` at which point I am stuck trying to get it to work. FWIW, this is with ubuntu 20.04, snapd 2.45.1, nvidia drivers 440, and X11 with gdm. After installing the candidate/vaapi channel, I still do not get hardware acceleration for video decoding from my NVIDIA gpu, see: ``` $ LIBVA_MESSAGING_LEVEL=2 snap run chromium Gtk-Message: 09:07:37.215: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 09:07:37.216: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0 libva info: Trying to open /snap/chromium/1191/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 [141337:141337:0710/090737.297551:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(480)] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error ``` For me, I am on Focal, so I had to manually install the vdpau-va-driver from cosmic from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vdpau-video/0.7.4-7, (presumably on i.e. 18.04 I could just have installed it with apt install), which provides the various files in /var/lib/snapd/gl/vdpau, and then I also had to add that package along with libvdpau1 into the chromium snap, at which point it loads the libraries but I then run into very relevant errors: ``` libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0 libva info: Trying to open /snap/chromium/x3/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_1 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674481:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674608:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileMPEG2Simple and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674647:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674680:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileMPEG2Main and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674709:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674739:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileMPEG4Simple and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674791:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674817:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileMPEG4AdvancedSimple and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674844:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674870:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileH264Baseline and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674896:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674920:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileH264Main and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674946:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.674971:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileH264High and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.674996:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.675020:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileVC1Simple and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.675046:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.675073:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileVC1Main and entrypoint 1 [121136:121136:0710/082840.675097:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(900)] vaQuerySurfaceAttributes failed, VA error: invalid parameter [121136:121136:0710/082840.675122:ERROR:vaapi_wrapper.cc(789)] FillProfileInfo_Locked failed for va_profile VAProfileVC1Advanced and entrypoint 1 ``` at which point I am stuck trying to get it to work. FWIW, this is with ubuntu 20.04, snapd 2.45.1, nvidia drivers 440, and X11 with gdm. Also I had to modify the desktop-launch script with this PR: https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/pull/3209 otherwise it would not find the /var/lib/snapd/lib/gl/vdpau dir on $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2020-07-10 17:48:58 Daniel Letzeisen bug added subscriber Daniel Letzeisen
2020-08-16 19:04:00 Dennis Baudys bug added subscriber Dennis Baudys
2022-12-16 12:41:50 Olivier Tilloy chromium-browser (Ubuntu): assignee Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
2022-12-16 21:48:04 Daniel Letzeisen removed subscriber Daniel Letzeisen
2023-07-28 01:59:09 Daniel van Vugt summary [snap] VA-API does not work with nvidia proprietary drivers [snap] Hardware accelerated video decoding does not work with nvidia proprietary drivers
2023-07-28 02:00:37 Daniel van Vugt bug added subscriber Daniel van Vugt